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Warlord politics and economic clientelism in Lebanon

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  • Sebastian Ille

    (The New College of the Humanities, London, United Kingdom)

  • Dina Mansour-Ille

    (Royal United Services Institute, London, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Since October 2019, Lebanon has been going through a deep economic and financial crisis that drove the country to a political meltdown. Facing a severe recession, high inflation and unemployment, nationwide protests in the aftermath of the Beirut explosion in August 2020 have led to the resignation of Hassan Diab’s cabinet – the second government to resign within the span of a few months. This article studies the interplay of the political, economic, and social factors that led to the current economic and political crisis. We show how warlord politics, and a corporate consociational system have misguided incentives and policies and consolidated a rentier economy that inevitably led to the current situation.

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  • Sebastian Ille & Dina Mansour-Ille, 2021. "Warlord politics and economic clientelism in Lebanon," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, EPS Publishing, vol. 16(1), pages 28-40, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:epc:journl:v:16:y:2021:i:1:p:28-40
    DOI: 10.15355/epsj.16.1.28
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    Keywords

    Lebanon; post-war economy; civil war; warlord politics; clientelism; crony capitalism;
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    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War

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